I can alter the end date at any time. I will ask Urmas before I do it, but I suspect that it can be extended to the end of January, and still give him time to acquire the funds, order the equipment and have them ready for use in the Spring.

The Money pot now has 3060 euros. It stays open until January 31st. Leetchi will charge 2.9% of the final total of funds raised..
That we reached our target, in the quiet time of year, is so gratifying. I thank everyone who has supported our Black Storks.

It is absolutely marvellous that we have, between us, managed to raise all the funds in our target, and then just enough more to allow for the fees to be paid to Leetchi.
I don't know how to begin to thank all of the donors who have made it possible for Kotkaklubi to buy more transmitters.
Nonetheless, I do

THANK YOU ALL

The Money Pot will be closed in about 2 hours and 30 minutes from now - at midnight in Estonia, January 31, 2018

The claim for a bank transfer has been made and I have a receipt for the claim. I see that Leetchi are in the process of checking the documentation, ID, Registration, etc.
They will send e-mail when they make the transfer.

I had hoped that, by now, I would have been able to say that the funds had been transferred to Kotkaklubi.
Alas, no.

Leetchi insists on ever more documentary proof of the correct status of Kotkaklubi. It is reassuring that they take great care of people's donations. At the same time, it feels frustrating to have to keep Urmas waiting.
I hope there will be happier news very soon.

I'm sorry to read that!
I read that sometimes there are problems with Leetchi.
From my point of view, they should ask for all documents before the fundraiser.
For me it's not okay what they do now, were they have to pay. I will rate them, they do not get a good rating from me.

Done... What I've read is when you rate Leetchi on Trust Pilot, then they respond faster!

Liz01, thanks for your input. On Trustpilot you state that we have waited since 31.12.17. That was the original end date, but then I extended it to 31.01 2018.
I don't know if you can, or want to edit your message?

I had e-mail from Leetchi yesterday in which they apologise for the delay. Their bank refuses to pay our funds until they see proof of the registration of Kotkaklubi. I suppose that is reasonable, but we are dealing with a club whose members are not office-based. As Gunnar was outside doing field work he could not be attending to our paperwork needs. Urmas is out of the country until next week. I hope that the gods of fund-raisers will give us our euros before then.
Let's not be too hard on Leetchi, yet.